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Lion Nebula

The Lion Nebula is a dying star's cast-off outer layers, and the comet-shaped tufts in its mane are dust clumps that survived its radiation.

Lion Nebula
Lion Nebula
Lion Nebula shown in a limewash reading corner beside an armchair and a floor lamp - scale render at 40 × 40 cm
Lion Nebula shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 40 × 40 cm
Lion Nebula shown in a beamed room with a greige plaster wall above a long oak sideboard - scale render at 40 × 40 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
40 × 40 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$140

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About this work

On 19 November 2025 Webb recorded the planetary nebula NGC 2392 in infrared. Hubble had imaged it in visible light in 2000. The infrared view highlights dust clumps and ionised gas. It lies 5,000 light-years away in Gemini. The nebula is a low-mass star's cast-off outer layers, and the white dwarf left behind now cooks the gas from the inside.

Four of the five bands are labelled for the material each traces, from Paschen-alpha hydrogen at 1.87 microns to silicate dust at 10 microns. The white dwarf carries eight-point diffraction spikes, ringed by purple-pink shells and a blue-white outer shell. The mane is the interior of a dust shell lit from within. Its tufts are compact clumps that shield the material behind them. A small spiral galaxy sits below centre. Astronomers estimate the nebula will disperse in about 10,000 years.

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Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
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Paper
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Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

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  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
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Framed
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  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

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  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
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